Christian Madsen went from watching the Blackhawks play at the United Center while in Chicago filming the futuristic sci-fi flick “Divergent” over the summer to appearing in a commercial with them for BMO Harris Bank.

“The two spots support our sponsorship of the teams and promote our BMO Harris Bulls and Blackhawks Debit MasterCards,” said BMO Harris spokesman Jim Kappel by email. “The basic premise of the spots is: when you carry a BMO Harris Bulls or Blackhawks Debit MasterCard, the team is always with you.

“We expect to launch both spots during broadcasts of the games later this fall.”

The University of Illinois' rescinded job offer to a professor and a controversy over a faculty blog at Chicago State University helped land the two schools on a 2014 "worst of" list for student and faculty free speech rights.